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William Earl Johns was an English adventure writer, best known as the creator of the beloved Biggles stories, which drew on his experience as a pilot in the First World War. After his flying career with the RAF, Johns became a newspaper air correspondent, an occupation he combined with editing and illustrating books about flying. He wrote over 160 books, including nearly 100 Biggles titles.
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Biggles Fails to Return

Captain W. E. Johns


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2025-01-27

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Is this the end of Captain James Bigglesworth?Biggles is missing. Fearing that this may be the result of a failed mission, Algy, Ginger and Bertie demand answers from Air Commodore Raymond.Raymond informs them that Biggles last known whereabouts were...

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Delivers the Goods
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Biggles smuggles a vital cargo from right under the enemys nose!A Chinese smuggler called Li Chi, who owesBiggles his life, has built up a secret store of rubber, a vital war material, that he would like to offer to the British war effort.It is hidden on a remote island...

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Parution : 2025-01-27

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Defends the Desert
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Seven missing planes and a compromised air-route Sounds like a job for Biggles!Mid-way through the Second World War, there has been suspicious activity along a vital British air corridor between the West coast of Africa and the Middle East. Aircraft have been...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2024-11-25

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles and the Rescue Flight
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Biggles helps two friends search for a missing brother, shot down behind the LinesDevastating news reaches sixteen-year-old Peter 'Thirty' Fortymore at his school in England: his older brother, Nigel, is missing in action, believed dead, after being shot down over the...

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Parution : 2024-11-25

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Defies the Swastika
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Biggles gets caught up in a game of spies!Biggles is deep undercover on a reconnaissance operation in Norway. His alias: Norwegian citizen Sven Hendrik. His mission: to map useful landing sites for British aircraft.But when the Germans invade without warning,Biggles...

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Parution : 2024-11-25

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles in Spain
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Biggles protects a secret message!Following a bad bout of fever,Biggles is taking it easy. His doctor has advised him that a sea voyage will do him good, and so he is relaxing aboard the S.S. Stavritos bound for Athens, with Algy and Ginger for company.It is not all...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2024-09-23

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Flies West
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Biggles searches for pirate gold!Out on a walk in London with Algy and Ginger,Biggles bumps into a young lad called Dick Denver. A chance encounter perhaps, but there isnt time for formal introductions.Dick knows the location of a secret treasure trove, hidden in an old...

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Parution : 2024-09-23

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles & Co.
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Biggles must thwart the schemes of an international gang of thieves!Paul Cronfelt, head of a firm of bullion brokers called Cronfelt and Carstairs, has a problem. Shipments of gold and precious stones being ferried between European capitals by aeroplane are being lost,...

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Parution : 2024-09-23

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Flies East
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Biggles turns double agent!Biggles is in London on leave from the Front when he is approached by a stranger who greets him as 'Captain Brunow'. Curious,Biggles plays along with the mistaken identity, and is quickly offered the chance to become a spy for the...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2024-07-22

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles: The Cruise of the Condor
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Biggles flies to Brazil to hunt for the treasure of an ancient civilisationThe Great War is over, andBiggles is bored. The adrenaline-pounding thrill of flying over the trenches seems a lifetime ago. When he receives word that his uncle is back in the country from his...

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Parution : 2024-07-22

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Goes to War
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Biggles is asked to set up a new air force!In the aftermath of the Great War,Biggles is contacted by an ambassador in London, alerting him to growing tensions between the small European nation of Maltovia and their sabre-rattling neighbour, Lovitzna. Maltovia needs help...

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Parution : 2024-07-22

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles in France
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Biggles makes a name for himself as a crack fighter pilot.The insanity of World War One shows no sign of letting up, and for the pilots of 266 Squadron the missions over No Man's Land continue.But, not one to let a bad situation get him down,Biggles and his pals find...

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Parution : 2024-07-22

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles and the Black Peril
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A mysterious black aeroplane and a dastardly plot.Forced down by thick fog, Biggles and Algy cut short a pleasure flight and land on a river in Norfolk to wait out the weather. Exploring the banks, they stumble across a wartime pillbox with papers written in German...

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Parution : 2024-07-22

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles: The Camels are Coming
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A legend is born.Join Biggles as he takes to the skies for the first time over the trenches and battlefields of France in World War One.Flying in his trusty Sopwith Camel fighter with the men of 266 Squadron, Biggles duels German aces, leads daring raids on enemy...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2024-05-27

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles of the Fighter Squadron
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Biggles dogfights over the trenches as World War 1 takes to the skies!The war is in its final two years. The frontline is static, bogged down in mud and warrens of trenches, neither side able to advance.But it's a different story in the skies. Dramatic dogfights and...

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Parution : 2024-05-27

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Learns to Fly
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Biggles takes the controls for the first time!Fifteen hours. That is all the flying training seventeen-year-oldBiggles receives before gaining his 'wings' and being sent to carry out missions over the battlefields of France.Biggles quickly gets to grips with his new...

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Parution : 2024-05-27

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Breaks the Silence
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A ghost ship full of long-lost gold beckons, and Biggles gets an icy reception...Biggles, Algie, Bertie and Ginger are visited by Grimes, an old pal from the war, whose father, a Merchant Navy captain known as Jumbo, is in a spot of bother. He was recently tricked into...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2022-07-25

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles Takes a Holiday
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Theres trouble in paradise for BigglesBiggles is summoned suddenly to the London Hospital for Tropical Diseases, where he hears the deathbed revelations of a man named Linton, who has a message from a mutual friend, Angus Mackail. Linton and Angus, alongside many...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2022-06-27

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles on the Hunt
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Biggles is on the trail of a gang of master forgersWhen forged stamps and banknotes of such high quality that even the Bank of England struggles to tell genuine from fake start appearing in circulation in Britain and across Europe, the government charges Scotland Yard...

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Parution : 2022-06-27

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Télécharger le livre :  Biggles: The Second Case
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The case of the pirate U-boat!Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad.Instead of surrendering at the end of the war, commander Von Schonbeck of submarine U-517 escaped to the south Indian...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2022-05-23

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Télécharger le livre :  Sergeant Bigglesworth, CID
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The war is over What next for Biggles?With the excitement of the war now past, Biggles and the gang cool their heels at headquarters, bored. But then former Air Commodore Raymond, newly returned to his civilian position in Scotland Yard, pays them a visit. There has...

Editeur : Canelo
Parution : 2022-05-23

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